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Saudi Arabia cancels female Egyptian star Sherine's concerthttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/8011666-saudi-arabia-cancels-female-egyptian-star-sherines.html
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's entertainment authority says it has cancelled plans for a concert featuring a famous Egyptian singer named Sherine, known for her rags-to-riches story. The General Entertainment Authority said in a statement Sunday that the concert, which had been planned for the end of October to raise money for children with cancer, was cancelled ...Sun, 15 Oct 2017 09:38:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/8011666-saudi-arabia-cancels-female-egyptian-star-sherines.html2017-10-15T09:38:00ZFamily dog emerges alive and happy from wildfire aftermathhttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8011258-family-dog-emerges-alive-happy-wildfire-aftermath.html
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Jack Weaver and his brother-in-law Patrick Widen walked around police barricades, through a creek and up treacherous hilly roads to save Weaver's mother from the grim task of recovering the body of the family's beloved dog Izzy.
Katherine Weaver was convinced Izzy died in a ferocious wildfire that destroyed their Northern Califor...Sun, 15 Oct 2017 02:07:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8011258-family-dog-emerges-alive-happy-wildfire-aftermath.html2017-10-15T02:07:00ZCalifornia couple had marked 50-year anniversary before firehttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8010782-california-couple-marked-50-year-anniversary-fire.html
At least 40 people have died in the deadliest week of wildfires in California history. The victims include a couple who recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, a 14-year-old boy whose parents and older sister were severely burned, and a woman born with a spinal defect who worked to help others despite her own troubles.
A look at some of those ...Sun, 15 Oct 2017 01:04:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8010782-california-couple-marked-50-year-anniversary-fire.html2017-10-15T01:04:00ZEx-hostages back in Canada after harrowing raid to free themhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8010276-ex-hostages-canada-harrowing-raid-to-free-them.html
SMITHS FALLS, Ontario (AP) — A couple held hostage for five years by a Taliban-linked extremist network in Afghanistan was safely back in Canada on Saturday after what the husband described as a harrowing firefight during a raid to free the family.
Joshua Boyle played with one of his sons in the garden of his parents' home. The boy appeared happy and heal...Sat, 14 Oct 2017 22:32:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8010276-ex-hostages-canada-harrowing-raid-to-free-them.html2017-10-14T22:32:00ZMan recounts knife attack, finding bodies of wife, in-lawshttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8010800-man-recounts-knife-attack-finding-bodies-wife-in-l.html
IRONTON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man who survived a knife attack after his wife, son and in-laws were fatally shot in southern Ohio said he rushed home from work after hearing screams and a gunshot during a phone call with his mother-in-law.
Todd Holston, 29, described his experiences Saturday in an interview with The Columbus Dispatch. Holston said Arron Law...Sat, 14 Oct 2017 21:29:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8010800-man-recounts-knife-attack-finding-bodies-wife-in-l.html2017-10-14T21:29:00ZAn army of firefighters brave deadly, epic firestormhttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8011078-army-firefighters-brave-deadly-epic-firestorm.html
SONOMA, California (AP) — On foot, in trucks and by air, more than 10,000 firefighters attack the deadly, fast-moving wildfires in California, working for days without rest to protect lives and property
Fighting the fires has been exhausting, days and nights dragging heavy hoses through thick smoke, hiking over steep terrain, hopping on and off trucks. Mo...Sat, 14 Oct 2017 19:57:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8011078-army-firefighters-brave-deadly-epic-firestorm.html2017-10-14T19:57:00ZThe week in odd news: Bible drugs; Canal jump; Putin's puphttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8010654-week-odd-news-bible-drugs-canal-jump-putins-pup.html
FRIDAY THE 13TH: FLIGHT 666 MAKES IT SAFELY TO HEL
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Helsinki airport says Flight 666 has arrived safety in HEL — the airport code for the Finnish capital — for the last time.
The Finnair flight took off from Copenhagen, Denmark, in the 13th hour of Friday the 13th, headed for...Sat, 14 Oct 2017 15:31:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8010654-week-odd-news-bible-drugs-canal-jump-putins-pup.html2017-10-14T15:31:00ZOne of world's most remote islands gets commercial flightshttps://www.mail.com/news/world/8010220-worlds-remote-islands-commercial-flights.html
PROSPEROUS BAY PLAIN, St. Helena (AP) — One of the world's most remote places became a little less isolated on Saturday when the first commercial flight arrived in St. Helena, a South Atlantic island that until recently was only accessible by boat and where Napoleon Bonaparte spent his last years in exile.
The SA Airlink plane left Johannesburg on a six-h...Sat, 14 Oct 2017 14:37:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/world/8010220-worlds-remote-islands-commercial-flights.html2017-10-14T14:37:00ZThis week in odd news: Canal jump, skinny dippers, brawlshttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8010396-this-week-odd-news-canal-jump-skinny-dippers-brawl.html
DRIVER TELLS TROOPERS THAT CAR CHASE WAS ON HIS BUCKET LIST
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa State Patrol says a man pulled over in Des Moines after a car pursuit told state troopers that he wanted to be chased because it was on his bucket list.
Des Moines television station KCCI reports that the man refu...Sat, 14 Oct 2017 11:37:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8010396-this-week-odd-news-canal-jump-skinny-dippers-brawl.html2017-10-14T11:37:00ZThe Latest: Canadian ex-hostage says extremists killed childhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8009958-latest-canadian-ex-hostage-extremists-killed-child.html
TORONTO (AP) — The Latest on the U.S.-Canadian family rescued from captivity (all times EDT): 11:35 p.m. Canadian ex-hostage Joshua Boyle says the Haqqani network in Afghanistan killed his infant daughter in captivity and raped his wife.
Boyle gave a statement after landing in Canada late Friday with his American wife...Sat, 14 Oct 2017 03:51:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8009958-latest-canadian-ex-hostage-extremists-killed-child.html2017-10-14T03:51:00Z'She was my life': Longtime loves among those lost in firehttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8009464-she-was-life-longtime-loves-those-lost-fire.html
More than 30 people have died in the deadliest week of wildfires in California history. The victims include a couple who recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary, a woman born with a spinal defect who worked to help others despite her own troubles and a woman who died in her husband's arms as they sought safety in a backyard swimming pool.
A loo...Sat, 14 Oct 2017 01:21:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8009464-she-was-life-longtime-loves-those-lost-fire.html2017-10-14T01:21:00ZScherzer shows starters in relief are a roll of the dicehttps://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/8009890-scherzer-starters-relief-roll-dice.html
Pedro Martinez and Madison Bumgarner made it look easy. For Max Scherzer, pitching in relief proved a lot rougher. When Scherzer took the mound in the top of the fifth Thursday night in Washington, the Nationals were clinging to a one-run lead, hoping their star right-hander could move them an inning or two closer to the NL Championship Series. Instead, Washington gave up th...Sat, 14 Oct 2017 00:02:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/sports/baseball/8009890-scherzer-starters-relief-roll-dice.html2017-10-14T00:02:00ZInterior officials vow to change culture of harassmenthttps://www.mail.com/business/economy/8009314-interior-officials-vow-to-change-culture-harassmen.html
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — A survey of National Park Service employees found widespread complaints of harassment and discrimination in the workplace, and top officials vowed to address the problems that have tarnished the agency's image.
Federal investigators have uncovered problems at many of the nation's premier parks, including Yosemite, ...Fri, 13 Oct 2017 23:03:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/business/economy/8009314-interior-officials-vow-to-change-culture-harassmen.html2017-10-13T23:03:00ZTexas couple survives being stranded 6 days in rural Utahhttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8009262-texas-couple-survives-stranded-6-days-rural-utah.html
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Texas couple who set out for a day trip to Lake Powell while on vacation in southern Utah ended up narrowly surviving six harrowing days stranded on a rocky, desolate dirt road that was impassable in their rental car, authorities said Friday.
Helena Byler, 78, was found lying on the road Oct. 2 by a rancher who happened to be check...Fri, 13 Oct 2017 22:57:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8009262-texas-couple-survives-stranded-6-days-rural-utah.html2017-10-13T22:57:00ZDropping turkeys from planes triggers Arkansas festival flaphttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8009476-dropping-turkeys-planes-triggers-arkansas-festival.html
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — To some it's an Ozark Mountain Mardi Gras that includes live turkeys being dropped from a low-flying plane to an eager crowd below. To others, it's just animal abuse. The 72nd Yellville Turkey Trot opened Friday with questions over whether the turkey drop portion would continue. The Chamber of Commerce for the small northern Arkansas city has distanc...Fri, 13 Oct 2017 22:46:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8009476-dropping-turkeys-planes-triggers-arkansas-festival.html2017-10-13T22:46:00ZThe Latest: Coaches eager for UNC to move past NCAA casehttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8008652-latest-coaches-eager-unc-to-move-ncaa-case.html
The Latest on the NCAA ruling on North Carolina's multi-year academic case (all times local): 5:10 p.m. North Carolina men's basketball coach Roy Williams says the school has learned "to be a better university" in the wake of a long-running academic scandal.
The school released statements from Williams, football coach...Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:13:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8008652-latest-coaches-eager-unc-to-move-ncaa-case.html2017-10-13T21:13:00ZSouth American Biennale seeks to change the rules of arthttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/8009570-south-american-biennale-seeks-to-change-rules-art.html
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The impeccably white Palais de Glace in Argentina's capital is a national historic monument that once housed the country's fine art museum. But these days it looks like a giant candy cane.
The building's walls were painted in brightly colored stripes and wrapped in neon lights by French artist Bertrand Ivanoff as part of the...Fri, 13 Oct 2017 20:47:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/8009570-south-american-biennale-seeks-to-change-rules-art.html2017-10-13T20:47:00ZTrump, unlikely religious favorite, hails Christian valueshttps://www.mail.com/news/world/8008802-trump-unlikely-religious-favorite-hails-christian.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's evolution from twice-divorced casino owner viewed warily by Christian conservatives to evangelical favorite defending religious liberty was on full display Friday as he promised conservatives a return to traditional American values, including restoring "Merry Christmas" to the national discourse.
Trump, the first...Fri, 13 Oct 2017 20:11:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/world/8008802-trump-unlikely-religious-favorite-hails-christian.html2017-10-13T20:11:00ZFormer player: Parents should be warned of football's riskshttps://www.mail.com/scitech/health/8009396-player-parents-warned-footballs-risks.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Parents should be informed before they sign up their kids to play football that the sport can cause long-term neurological damage, even to players who don't have obvious concussion symptoms, NFL Hall of Famer Harry Carson told a congressional panel on Friday.
Carson, other former players and brain-injury researchers spoke at a forum orga...Fri, 13 Oct 2017 19:53:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/scitech/health/8009396-player-parents-warned-footballs-risks.html2017-10-13T19:53:00ZThe Latest: Trump says people using 'Merry Christmas' againhttps://www.mail.com/business/finance/8008726-latest-trump-people-using-merry-christmas.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump's speech to the Values Voters (all times local): 1:30 p.m. President Donald Trump assured a high-profile gathering of Christian conservatives on Friday that his administration will defend religious organizations. He's promising a return to traditional American values while again subtly stoking the fire he helped ignite o...Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:32:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/business/finance/8008726-latest-trump-people-using-merry-christmas.html2017-10-13T17:32:00ZSalman Rushdie, Patti Smith to make joint appearance Dec. 4.https://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/8008326-salman-rushdie-patti-smith-to-joint-appearance-dec.html
NEW YORK (AP) — Salman Rushdie and Patti Smith should have a lot to talk about. Rushdie, the Booker Prize winning novelist, and Smith, the award winning musician-poet-memoirist, will make a joint appearance Dec. 4 for the 5th annual Chairman's Evening of the MacDowell Colony.
MacDowell, based in New Hampshire and one of the country's ol...Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:41:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/8008326-salman-rushdie-patti-smith-to-joint-appearance-dec.html2017-10-13T12:41:00ZThe Latest: Aldean strikes defiant tone in returnhttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/8007700-latest-aldean-strikes-defiant-tone-return.html
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Latest on country singer Jason Aldean's return to the stage (all times local): 10:25 p.m. Country star Jason Aldean took a defiant tone as he resumed his tour almost two weeks after a gunman opened fire during his show in Las Vegas, killing 58 people.
Aldean said he won't be shaken by anyone tr...Fri, 13 Oct 2017 03:24:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/8007700-latest-aldean-strikes-defiant-tone-return.html2017-10-13T03:24:00ZSouth Dakota school cancels homecoming after racist stunthttps://www.mail.com/sports/football/8007370-south-dakota-school-cancels-homecoming-racist-stun.html
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota high school has forfeited its homecoming football game against a school from a nearby American Indian reservation and has cancelled its homecoming dance and parade after photos posted on social media show students destroying a car with "Go back to the Rez" painted on the side.
Sturgis Brown High School was scheduled to ...Thu, 12 Oct 2017 23:48:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/sports/football/8007370-south-dakota-school-cancels-homecoming-racist-stun.html2017-10-12T23:48:00ZWildfire burns home of 'Peanuts' creator Charles Schulzhttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/8007500-wildfire-burns-peanuts-creator-charles-schulz.html
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — The home of "Peanuts" creator Charles Schulz burned to the ground in the deadly California wildfires but his widow escaped, her stepson said Thursday. Jean Schulz, 78, evacuated before flames engulfed her hillside home Monday and is staying with a daughter, Monte Schulz said.
The Schulzes built the California s...Thu, 12 Oct 2017 23:29:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/8007500-wildfire-burns-peanuts-creator-charles-schulz.html2017-10-12T23:29:00ZHungary, Ukraine still at odds over Ukraine education lawhttps://www.mail.com/news/world/8006552-hungary-ukraine-odds-ukraine-education-law.html
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will continue to withhold its support for Ukraine's further integration with the European Union as long as a new Ukrainian education law remains unchanged, Hungary's foreign minister said Thursday.
The education law passed last month specifies that Ukrainian will be the main language used in schools, rolling back the optio...Thu, 12 Oct 2017 19:02:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/world/8006552-hungary-ukraine-odds-ukraine-education-law.html2017-10-12T19:02:00ZEnergy secretary, Dems clash over plan to help coal, nuclearhttps://www.mail.com/scitech/news/8005420-energy-secretary-dems-clash-plan-to-help-coal-nucl.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats accused the Trump administration Thursday of falsely suggesting the nation's electricity grid faces severe problems to justify an unnecessary bolstering of the coal and nuclear energy industries.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry defended his department's proposal, telling a House energy subcommittee that the country mu...Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:24:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/scitech/news/8005420-energy-secretary-dems-clash-plan-to-help-coal-nucl.html2017-10-12T17:24:00ZLong-lost Rodin sculpture found in New Jersey borough hallhttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8005746-long-lost-rodin-sculpture-jersey-borough-hall.html
MADISON, N.J. (AP) — A bust of Napoleon by French sculptor Auguste Rodin long thought to be lost was found on display in a New Jersey borough hall where it sat for 85 years. The bust's origin was confirmed in 2015, but officials waited to reveal the multimillion dollar artwork was a long-lost piece by Rodin on Wednesday. The owners of the bust announced it will be leaving th...Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:09:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/us/8005746-long-lost-rodin-sculpture-jersey-borough-hall.html2017-10-12T17:09:00ZUAE stops issuing new visas for North Korean laborershttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8006446-uae-stops-issuing-visas-north-korean-laborers.html
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates said Thursday it would stop issuing new visas to North Korean workers, becoming the latest Gulf country to limit Pyongyang's ability to evade sanctions and raise money abroad amid tensions with the U.S.
A statement by the UAE Foreign Ministry did not address the hundreds of North Korean laborers ...Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:51:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8006446-uae-stops-issuing-visas-north-korean-laborers.html2017-10-12T16:51:00ZNebraska city sells $43 house, may save thousands in dealhttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8006380-nebraska-city-sells-43-house-save-thousands-deal.html
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A city in Nebraska has sold a house for only $43. But that may turn into a bargain for local taxpayers. The Lincoln Journal Star reports the city of Lincoln paid $675,000 for a land that will be used for a new fire station.
Assistant Fire Chief Pat Borer says a house on the property was recently sold through an onli...Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:18:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/news/politics/8006380-nebraska-city-sells-43-house-save-thousands-deal.html2017-10-12T15:18:00ZUS long-term mortgage rates rise for 2nd week, to 3.91 pct.https://www.mail.com/business/economy/8006316-us-long-term-mortgage-rates-rise-2nd-week-to-391-p.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Long-term mortgage rates rose for a second straight week as the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate increased to 3.91 percent, from 3.85 percent a week ago. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the 15-year home loan, frequently used by homeowners who refinanced their mortgages, also jumped, rising to 3.21 percent, from 3.15 percent.
...Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:59:00 GMThttps://www.mail.com/business/economy/8006316-us-long-term-mortgage-rates-rise-2nd-week-to-391-p.html2017-10-12T14:59:00Z